NASA plans to send a robotic rover to search for water ice at the moon’s South Pole in 2022. <br/>

NASA has unveiled designs for a medium-sized lunar lander that would be able to carry payloads that weigh up to 300 kilograms to the moon’s polar regions. <br/>

We're looking back at the Space Station Processing Facility, or SSPF, as it turns 25 years old.

Last month, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars following a six-and-half-month journey from Earth through space. Over the next Martian year (or, over 600 days here on Earth), the rover will search for signs of ancient...

Launched in late 2012, Japan’s spacecraft Hayabusa2 was sent to investigate asteroid Ryugu by lobbing a copper shell into the space rock. Japan’s space agency JAXA published the probe’s findings in the journal Science on March 19. <br/>

Orion Program Manager Mark Kirasich discusses the challenges and opportunities of managing America’s next-generation spacecraft.

NASA successfully launched the 2020 Perseverance mission from Florida’s Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 a.m. on July 29.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield flew to space three times, and was the first Canadian to walk in space. His cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity that he recorded on the International Space Station has over 47 million views, and as you're about...

How do astronauts exercise on the International Space Station? How do they train underwater? Tara Ruttley, associate chief scientist for microgravity research at NASA Headquarters, has worked on a lot of fascinating projects to support...

NASA’s Bill Todd and Joyce Abbey and retired Astronaut Nicole Stott discuss NEEMO and a new case study they developed about the unique undersea analog.

In this video, we explore the moon Enceladus, one of Saturn's largest moons. With its icy surface and potential cryo volcanic activity, Enceladus has captured the interest of scientists. Its unique features and the presence of water...

This video provides a brief biography of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. It highlights his early career as a naval aviator and his work as an engineer and test pilot for NACA, which later became NASA. The video also...

This video provides an overview of Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun. It highlights key facts such as its diameter, mass, moons, and orbit period. The video also explains the origin of Mars' name, its association with the God of War,...

A SpaceX Starship prototype will make its highest hop yet as early as Friday, Dec. 3.

Venus, our nearby “sister” planet, beckons today as a compelling target for exploration that may connect the objects in our own solar system to those discovered around nearby stars. Yet, humanity’s exploration of Venus...

A SpaceX Starship prototype will make its highest hop yet as early as Friday, Dec. 3.

China is planning to send a space probe, a lander and an orbiter to Mars in 2020.

The idea for NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter began at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a team of dedicated engineers who believed in something seemingly impossible. MiMi Aung served as the project manager on the helicopter, which has...

In this program, learn all about the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union dating back to the late 1950s and early 60s. Understand the historical context of the time. Contrast that to the current privatization of...

Space researchers have proposed building a network of radio antennas on the far side of the moon. <br/>

A massive asteroid will fly past earth early next month.

Mars will appear bigger and brighter from Earth in the next few weeks, reports Newsweek. Next month, Mars will be closest it has been to Earth in the past 15 years.The planet will be 35.8 million miles from Earth.

NASA plans to send its Mars 2020 rover to search for signs of ancient life on Mars’ Jezero Crater. <br/>

Space exploration has long been the dream of science fiction authors and enthusiasts well before we even had the technology to explore life beyond our own planet.



Today, astronauts live year-round in low-earth orbit...